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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does D say to Neeka and the narrator when they meet and they ask about her family?
(a) She is an only child.
(b) She has two brothers.
(c) She has four brothers and a sister.
(d) She has one brother and one sister.

2. To what does the narrator relate Tupac's arrest?
(a) To how slaves were brutalized.
(b) To Mandela's arrest.
(c) To the arrest of others in Queens.
(d) To Mahatma Gandhi's arrest.

3. What is the narrator doing when she says she feels whole for the first time?
(a) Standing on the stage in the amphitheater.
(b) Singing for the party guests.
(c) Dancing with a very handsome young man.
(d) Snorting cocaine.

4. What do the three girls vow to do?
(a) Write D every day.
(b) Stay friends forever.
(c) Go to speak on Flo's behalf.
(d) Hide D.

5. What makes the narrator jealous of D?
(a) D has a new dress.
(b) Neeka's other brother walks D to the bus stop.
(c) Jayjones walks her to the bus stop.
(d) Jayjones asks her to the movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jayjones think black people have been falsely imprisoned?

2. What does the narrator say about D's mother?

3. What does the narrator think she read about Albert's namesake?

4. Where did Tash play piano before going to prison?

5. What does the narrator compare herself to regarding her height?

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